heard from these animals when observed in zoological gar- 

 dens seems to be a peculiarity of the imprisoned animal or 

 else is produced only by the young- ones. 



The giraffe is a timid, harmless beast; in captivity, mild 

 and docile. It is open to the attack of few enemies by 

 virtue of its long, strong legs which may deal fearful blows. 

 Lions and men alone are to be feared. Even lions rarely 

 make their attack singly but in herds or in pairs. 



The white "big game" hunter and the black soldier are 

 the foes of the giraffe most to be dreaded. In South Africa, 

 where hunting on horse-back is possible, the giraffes have 

 for long years been things of the past. It is said that in 

 some districts the black soldiers were actually permitted to 

 use these animals for target practice. The hides of the beast 

 have been much in demand for the manufacture of the long 

 whips used in driving oxen, and, since the extinction of 

 these remarkable mammals in South Africa, they have been 

 hunted in German East Africa to satisfy the demands of the 

 export trade. Undoubtedly, the race faces a speedy annihi- 

 lation, and the story of the bison in North America will have 

 its duplicate on the plains of Africa, unless the check is 

 swiftly and surely applied. 



The bones of the Museum specimen were obtained in 1876 

 and mounted by Dr. Gabriel E. Manigault. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY— 



Books available for further information concerning the 

 giraffe are : text-books of zoology, especially Flower and 

 Lydekker's "Mammals" and Sedgwick's "Students' Text- 

 Book of Zoology," natural histories, encyclopedias and a 

 book of recent date and unusual interest, "Flashlights in the 

 Jungle" by C. G. Schillings, translated from the German by 

 Frederic Whyte. 



The Moa, Binornis maximus 



A skeleton, whose story has the fascination pertaining to 

 the mystery and might of those huge animals which flourished 



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